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Mr. Davis Would Not Move Without Tony

By JOE MORRIS Correspondent | Tony Petrilli turned the '61 white Cadillac into the driveway at 9555 Old Cutler Rd. The big green eagle head, mounted on the hood, gazed of [?the?] big house opened. Arthur Vining Davis, schedule-conscious as ever at 94, walked to the car and settled comfortably on the back seat. Tony, a 10-year resident of the Gables, 6901 Mentone, and Vining Davis where he's going, chauffeured down U.S. 'toward Miami as fast as the law allowed . . . and sometimes a little faster. "[?I?] drive fast because the boss likes it but I'm a very careful driver," Tony said later as we stood by the car talking about his life "on the job." "Last week I paid a $10 fine for speeding. The first ticket we've gotten in two years. But in all my days of driving Mr. Davis I've only had one accident. It wasn't my fault and I was completely exonerated." He smiled when he added, "the total damage was a 25 cent blinker bulb that had to be replaced." Then Tony's thoughts went back in time. "I was the mechanic and service manager for Willys-Overland in Pittsburgh in 1916 when I first met Mr. Davis. "He had a 1915 Willys Knight. It was always hard to start and he had to call a mechanic every time he wanted to take a ride. "All I ever did when I went on a call was to file the magneto points; then it ran fine. "Finally he offered me a full time job of starting the car and being his personal chauffeur. And I've been doing it ever since." He looked at the eaglehead with pride. It looked back at him. "That symbol," he said, has been on every one of Mr. Davis' personal cars since his wife admired one on a car in Rome, Italy in 1920. "The original head is on the car we keep in New York. I fixed it with a bulb and wired it to light up so the car could be easily spotted when I had to wait in line after the opera or some fashionable social function. "The Vanderbilts, Whitneys and Morgans had emblems or identifications on their cars too but the Davis eagle stood out more than all the others." Tony pulled out his watch. It looked like an old timer with its big black figures. "The boss will be coming out in four minutes," he announced. Then before he said goodbye, he remarked, "My father gave me this Hamilton watch when I was fifteen. It's very accurate. It has to be. If I'm one minute late I'll get bawled out. I've never been bawled out yet — not for being late anyway." Tony will be 70 years old in December. His hair is thinning and greying a little faster. But his face is unwrinkled. His perfect teeth are all his own. His brown eyes twinkled as he talked — about his wife Bessie — his nine grandchildren — the job and days gone by. And he's confident that he has many a mile yet to drive with The Boss. | -Staff photo by Raymond Long | THE CHAUFFEUR & THE EAGLE

Temple Beth Shirah Set Holy Days Fete

Rabbi Morris A. Skop and Cantor Herman K. Gottlieb and a 10-voice choir will conduct the High Holy Days Services for the newly-founded Reconstructionist Temple Beth Shirah, the first in the South with this philosophy of Judaism. The Rosh Hashanah Service will begin Sunday, Sept. 10th at 8 p.m. in the Village Green Hall at 119th Street and Bird Road South West. During the worship services, the Reconstructionist Machzor Prayer Book will be used with the traditional texts of the liturgy interpreted for modern Jewish thinking and living. The morning Rosh Hashanah services will be held on Monday and Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 11th and 12th. The Kol Nidray Days of Atonement Service will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 19th, at 7 p.m. with the Yom Kippur Morning Service at 9:45 a.m. The Yizkor Memorial Service will be followed with a special Youth Service at 3 p.m. Eli Skop, son of Rabbi and Mrs. Morris A. Skop, former student at the Hebrew Academy, will blow the shofar at all services. The Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shirah will be hostesses at the Post Yom Kippur "Break-the-Fast-Dance" to be held at the Suniland Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 20th, at 9 p.m. with orchestra and social hour. Tickets and reservations are now being offered at the temporary headquarters of Temple Beth Shirah, 11289 South Dixie Highway during week days from 9 to 5 p.m. and evenings from 8 to 10 p.m.

Navy Searches for Men With Varied Civilian Skills

The Navy is seeking applications from men with civilian skills which may be converted to Navy ratings. These men would be eligible for enlistment in U.S. Naval Reserve special rating program, in pay grades E-3 through E-7, depending on their experience and degree of skill. Electrician, tugboat captain, powderman, electronics technician, radio repairman, diesel mechanic, garage mechanic, electrical instrument repairman, are some of the skills this would apply to. Further information may be obtained by contacting the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center, 1151 N.W. South River Drive, Miami, or call FR 9-3080.

DR. BOGGS AWAY

Research on folklore will be the topic of a series of lectures to be presented in Honduras by Dr. Ralph S. Boggs, 536 Altara Ave., director of the University of Miami International Center. The two-week series began Monday in Tegucigalpa at the request of the Honduran minister of public education.

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